# 1981–82 2. Bundesliga

The 1981–82 2. Bundesliga season was the eighth season of the 2. Bundesliga, the second tier of the German football league system. It was the first season with the 2. Bundesliga consisting of a single league, after the abolition of the Nord and Süd divisions.
FC Schalke 04 and Hertha BSC were promoted to the Bundesliga while TSV 1860 Munich, VfR Wormatia Worms, Freiburger FC and SpVgg Bayreuth were relegated to the Oberliga.

## Teams

For the 1981–82 season, the league abolished the Nord and Süd divisions to form a single-division league featuring 20 teams. The three teams relegated from the 1980–81 Bundesliga, Bayer Uerdingen, 1860 Munich and Schalke 04, entered the league. Due to the format change, there was no promotion for teams from the Oberliga to the 2. Bundesliga. Werder Bremen, the Nord champions, and Darmstadt 98, the Süd champions, were promoted to the Bundesliga, along with play-off winners Eintracht Braunschweig.
The remaining participants of the league, as well as which teams would be relegated from the previous season, were determined by a sophisticated placement system. The top four teams from each division automatically qualified for the league (unless promoted), while teams in 17th and below were automatically relegated. The remaining teams from 5th to 16th place in the Nord and Süd divisions were ranked on various criteria, with the worst placed teams being relegated to the Oberliga.

### Team changes

| Entering league | Exiting league | Exiting league | Exiting league | Exiting league |
| Relegated from 1980–81 Bundesliga | Promoted to 1981–82 Bundesliga | Promoted to 1981–82 Bundesliga | Relegated to 1981–82 Oberliga | Relegated to 1981–82 Oberliga |
| Relegated from 1980–81 Bundesliga | Nord | Süd | Nord | Süd |
| 1860 Munich Schalke 04 Bayer Uerdingen | Eintracht Braunschweig Werder Bremen | Darmstadt 98 | Tennis Borussia Berlin 1. FC Bocholt SpVgg Erkenschwick Göttingen 05 OSV Hannover SC Herford Holstein Kiel Viktoria Köln Rot-Weiß Lüdenscheid Preußen Münster Rot-Weiß Oberhausen VfB Oldenburg | FC Augsburg VfR Bürstadt VfB Eppingen FSV Frankfurt FC Homburg ESV Ingolstadt Borussia Neunkirchen 1. FC Saarbrücken Eintracht Trier SSV Ulm |

## League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion, qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Schalke 04 (C, P) | 38 | 19 | 13 | 6 | 70 | 35 | +35 | 51 | Promotion to Bundesliga |
| 2 | Hertha BSC (P) | 38 | 20 | 8 | 10 | 84 | 47 | +37 | 48 | Promotion to Bundesliga |
| 3 | Kickers Offenbach | 38 | 19 | 8 | 11 | 70 | 67 | +3 | 46 | Qualification for promotion play-offs |
| 4 | 1860 Munich (R) | 38 | 19 | 7 | 12 | 87 | 56 | +31 | 45 | Relegation to Oberliga |
| 5 | Hannover 96 | 38 | 19 | 7 | 12 | 72 | 56 | +16 | 45 | |
| 6 | Waldhof Mannheim | 38 | 16 | 12 | 10 | 51 | 44 | +7 | 44 | |
| 7 | Stuttgarter Kickers | 38 | 18 | 7 | 13 | 76 | 55 | +21 | 43 | |
| 8 | KSV Hessen Kassel | 38 | 15 | 13 | 10 | 56 | 46 | +10 | 43 | |
| 9 | Alemannia Aachen | 38 | 15 | 11 | 12 | 47 | 39 | +8 | 41 | |
| 10 | Fortuna Köln | 38 | 14 | 11 | 13 | 70 | 72 | −2 | 39 | |
| 11 | Rot-Weiss Essen | 38 | 15 | 8 | 15 | 60 | 62 | −2 | 38 | |
| 12 | Bayer 05 Uerdingen | 38 | 14 | 10 | 14 | 47 | 57 | −10 | 38 | |
| 13 | VfL Osnabrück | 38 | 14 | 9 | 15 | 49 | 59 | −10 | 37 | |
| 14 | SpVgg Fürth | 38 | 10 | 15 | 13 | 61 | 60 | +1 | 35 | |
| 15 | SC Freiburg | 38 | 11 | 12 | 15 | 49 | 54 | −5 | 34 | |
| 16 | SG Union Solingen | 38 | 11 | 11 | 16 | 51 | 62 | −11 | 33 | |
| 17 | SG Wattenscheid 09 | 38 | 8 | 15 | 15 | 41 | 62 | −21 | 31 | |
| 18 | Wormatia Worms (R) | 38 | 8 | 8 | 22 | 34 | 74 | −40 | 24 | Relegation to Oberliga |
| 19 | Freiburger FC (R) | 38 | 7 | 9 | 22 | 52 | 88 | −36 | 23 | Relegation to Oberliga |
| 20 | SpVgg Bayreuth (R) | 38 | 7 | 8 | 23 | 40 | 76 | −36 | 22 | Relegation to Oberliga |
* ↑ TSV 1860 Munich had their license revoked by the DFB and were therefore relegated.

## Results

| Home \ Away | AAC | BAY | BSC | RWE | FFC | SCF | FUE | H96 | KAS | FKO | WMA | M60 | KOF | OSN | S04 | SGU | SKI | B05 | SGW | W08 |
| Alemannia Aachen | — | 4–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 3–2 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 6–3 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 3–2 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 3–0 | 1–1 |
| SpVgg Bayreuth | 0–2 | — | 0–6 | 1–2 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 4–2 | 0–1 | 2–3 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 4–0 | 3–1 | 0–2 | 2–2 | 2–2 |
| Hertha BSC | 4–1 | 0–0 | — | 4–2 | 4–1 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 4–0 | 3–3 | 0–1 | 5–1 | 5–1 | 3–1 | 4–0 | 4–1 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 2–1 |
| Rot-Weiss Essen | 1–0 | 3–0 | 2–2 | — | 4–2 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 5–1 | 4–1 | 0–1 | 1–4 | 1–1 | 5–2 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 4–2 | 2–0 |
| Freiburger FC | 1–1 | 3–2 | 2–3 | 3–1 | — | 1–1 | 2–2 | 1–3 | 0–3 | 3–2 | 0–1 | 1–5 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 1–3 | 2–0 | 0–3 | 4–2 |
| SC Freiburg | 2–0 | 2–2 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 4–0 | — | 2–3 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 1–5 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 |
| SpVgg Fürth | 0–0 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 2–2 | — | 2–4 | 8–1 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 2–0 |
| Hannover 96 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 2–3 | 3–0 | 3–3 | 2–0 | 2–2 | — | 1–0 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 5–2 | 1–0 | 2–3 | 0–1 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 5–0 |
| Hessen Kassel | 3–0 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 7–3 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | — | 1–1 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 2–0 |
| Fortuna Köln | 0–2 | 5–1 | 2–4 | 2–0 | 3–2 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 2–2 | 2–0 | — | 2–2 | 2–1 | 4–3 | 5–2 | 1–2 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 |
| Waldhof Mannheim | 0–0 | 3–1 | 4–2 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 2–2 | — | 1–0 | 3–1 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 3–2 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 |
| 1860 Munich | 1–1 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 4–0 | 1–1 | 4–1 | 3–1 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 4–0 | 2–1 | — | 5–2 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 5–1 | 6–1 | 1–0 | 7–0 |
| Kickers Offenbach | 1–0 | 2–1 | 3–2 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 3–2 | 3–2 | 3–2 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 3–0 | 2–0 | — | 2–0 | 0–0 | 5–2 | 1–3 | 2–1 | 1–4 | 2–2 |
| VfL Osnabrück | 1–0 | 3–0 | 0–3 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 3–3 | 1–2 | — | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–3 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 2–1 |
| Schalke 04 | 2–0 | 6–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 3–3 | 2–0 | 3–3 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 3–0 | 2–2 | — | 1–1 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 4–0 | 4–0 |
| Union Solingen | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 5–2 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–3 | 3–2 | 4–2 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 1–0 | — | 4–4 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 4–1 |
| Stuttgarter Kickers | 3–0 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 3–0 | 3–1 | 1–2 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 1–3 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 4–1 | 2–0 | 5–3 | 0–3 | 3–1 | — | 6–1 | 7–1 | 2–1 |
| Bayer Uerdingen | 1–0 | 3–2 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 3–2 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 3–2 | 2–2 | 0–4 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | — | 0–0 | 4–1 |
| SG Wattenscheid | 1–3 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 4–3 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 1–2 | 0–3 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | — | 0–0 |
| Wormatia Worms | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 1–3 | 2–3 | 1–0 | 0–3 | 4–3 | 1–3 | 0–0 | 1–1 | — |

## Top scorers

The league's top scorers:
| Goals | Player | Team |
| 37 | Rudi Völler | TSV 1860 Munich |
| 34 | Dieter Schatzschneider | Hannover 96 |
| 28 | Thomas Remark | Hertha BSC Berlin |
| 18 | Michael Kutzop | Kickers Offenbach |
| 18 | Werner Lenz | SG Union Solingen |
| 18 | Karl-Heinz Mödrath | Fortuna Köln |
| 17 | Gregor Grillemeier | Rot-Weiss Essen |
| 17 | Jürgen Mohr | Hertha BSC Berlin |
| 16 | Klaus Täuber | Stuttgarter Kickers |
| 15 | Uwe Pallaks | KSV Hessen Kassel |
| 15 | Wolfgang Sidka | TSV 1860 Munich |